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https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2010-10-13_No_More_Book_Club<p><em>Sigh.</em> I did not like doing this. I have decided to leave the <a class="local" href="https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/BookClub">BookClub</a> I&#x2019;ve been a part of for so long. I took it over from Geetha years ago. The books picked were a challenge to my own reading habits. I like to read Science Fiction, Fantasy, and the occasional non-fiction book, mostly history. But as the months went by, I read less and less books, and the less books I read the more odious it seemed to be reading a book I didn&#x2019;t want to read in the first place. I bought several books for the book club and ended up not reading them.</p><p>I&#x2019;m still reading a lot &#x2013; but it&#x2019;s mostly Old School RPG blogs. I&#x2019;m subscribed to <strong>287</strong> blogs via Google Reader!</p><p>And in the mean time, I still find the occasional recommendation online &#x2013; intriguing books, interesting subjects, and there&#x2019;s my <a class="edit" href="https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=edit;id=Planet_Stories" rel="nofollow" title="Click to edit this page">Planet Stories</a> subscription to consider.</p><p>And so I sent out a mail to the people who&#x2019;ve been part of the book club for the longest time, and told that I was quitting. Now I&#x2019;m sad. </p><blockquote><p> &#x2018;( </p></blockquote><p>Here&#x2019;s to readers everywhere, whatever the medium, whatever the interest: Enjoy! <img class="smiley" src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt=":)" /></p><p>Tags: <a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=Life">Life</a> <a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/Life"><img src="https://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /></a> <a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=tag;id=BookClub">BookClub</a> <a class="feed tag" title="Feed for this tag" rel="feed" href="https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/feed/full/BookClub"><img src="https://alexschroeder.ch/pics/rss.png" alt="RSS" /></a></p>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:30:55 GMThttps://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/Comments_on_2010-10-13_No_More_Book_ClubAlexSchroedernewmajor1https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=history;id=2010-10-13_No_More_Book_Clubhttps://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=browse;diff=1;id=2010-10-13_No_More_Book_ClubLifeBookClubAmerican Godshttps://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-04-12_American_Gods
https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-04-12_American_Gods<p>I suggested <a class="book" href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=American+Gods+Neil+Gaiman"><cite>American Gods</cite> by <cite>Neil Gaiman</cite></a> to the English bookclub a while back <a class="local number" href="https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-05_Book_Club" title="2008-05 Book Club"><span><span class="bracket">[</span>1<span class="bracket">]</span></span></a> and I&#x2019;m reading it right now. Unfortunately I have a German translation because the German publisher did not translate the title. I visited Amazon Germany, searched for American Gods, and ordered a cheap copy. And it turns out it was German. Oh well.</p><p>I&#x2019;m nearly through, and I&#x2019;m not too enthusiastic about it. Somehow there&#x2019;s just not enough going on in the book. Hanging from a tree and references to old mythology can be great. Just look at <a class="near" title="Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Fionavar%20Tapestry">The Fionavar Tapestry</a> by <a class="url http outside" href="http://www.brightweavings.com/books/fionavar.htm">Guy Gavriel Kay</a>. I&#x2019;ll finish the book now that I&#x2019;ve nearly made it. But I don&#x2019;t think I can recommend it.</p><p>Tags: <a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://www.emacswiki.org/alex?action=browse;tag=1;id=Books">Books</a> <a class="outside tag" title="Tag" rel="tag" href="http://www.emacswiki.org/alex?action=browse;tag=1;id=BookClub">BookClub</a></p>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:34:45 GMThttps://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/Comments_on_2008-04-12_American_GodsAlexSchroedernewmajor1https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=history;id=2008-04-12_American_Godshttps://alexschroeder.ch/wiki?action=browse;diff=1;id=2008-04-12_American_GodsBooksBookClub